12/25/2025
On the December 25, 2025 episode, we remember some of the artists that passed away over the last year. The episode included music from Jack DeJohnette, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Jose Luis Quintana (Changuito), Al Foster, Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Mario Allard, Peter Leitch, Susan Alcorn, Ray Drummond, Barre Phillips, Jim McNeely, Eddie Palmieri, Andy Bey, Sheila Jordan and Bunky Green.
We also lost Zakir Hussain, Roy Ayers, Anthony Pinciotti, Foday Musa Suso, Ariel Kalma, Gordon Goodwin, Feya Faku, Alan Bergman, Nancy King, Hermeto Pascoal, Akiko Tsuruga, Anthony Jackson, and many others.
See below for the complete track list.
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This program airs weekly on Thursday mornings from 5:30 to 7:00 am (Mountain time zone) on CJSW 90.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and streams on CJSW.com around the world. This week’s episode (and previous six episodes) can be found on Apple and Google podcasts. The last two months of episodes (and all previous track lists) are on the CJSW website and the CJSW Radio mobile app. This week’s episode can be found here:
https://cjsw.com/program/jazz-today/episode/20251225
All album covers are courtesy of the respective artists.
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The track list was:
“The Major General” Jack DeJohnette • The DeJohnette Complex
“Mad High” Louis Moholo-Moholo • Viva La Black
“Sueno Flamenco” Jose Luis Quintana “Changuito” • Telegrafia Sin Hilo
“Brandyn” Al Foster • Brandyn
“Impressions” Norman Marshall Villeneuve • Montreal Sessions
“Dany’s Boy” Mario Allard • Mario Allard Quintet
“Red Zone” Peter Leitch • Red Zone
“Suite Para Todos” Susan Alcorn • Canto
“Camera in a Bag” Ray Drummond • Camera in a Bag
“Mountainscape 1” Barre Phillips • Mountainscapes
“Wishful Thinking” Jim McNeely • Rain’s Dance
“Puerto Rico” Eddie Palmieri • Sentido
“Celestial Blues” Andy Bey • Experience and Judgment
“Laugh Clown, Laugh” Sheila Jordan • Portrait Now
“I Won’t Last a Day Without You” Bunky Green • Transformations